The so-called falcon badge is in the lower right corner. Above is an inscription by Thomas Miagh (dated 1581).   At the fall of Anne Boleyn in May 1536, Henry VIII and his court were ready to move on. The king was described as having 'come out of hell into heaven for the gentleness in this (his new lady love Jane Seymour) and the cursedness and the unhappiness in the other.' Anne, the cause of his great misery was now out of sight and out of mind. Her portraits were destroyed or put away, and her heraldic badges were removed - though not altogether successfully. Examples of her li ..read more

Happy to announce that my new book, Anne Boleyn: An Illustrated Life of Henry VIII's Queen, has been released in the UK. North American release to follow in March.     https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Anne-Boleyn-An-Illustrated-Life-of-Henry-VIIIs-Queen-Hardback/p/22465 https://www.waterstones.com/book/anne-boleyn-an-illustrated-life-of-henry-viiis-queen/roland-hui/9781399087575 https://mybook.to/NxXP1FK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boleyn-Illustrated-Henry-VIIIs-Queen/dp/1399087576/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1CI0SBX5QAKVZ&keywords=Anne+Boleyn%2C+An+Illustrated+Life+of+Henry+VIII%27s ..read more

    Anne Boleyn (by Robert White, after a drawing said to be of the queen by Hans Holbein) Inscribed 'Born 1507. Married Nov. 14, 1532. Gave birth to a daughter Elizabeth Sept. 7, 1533. Beheaded May 19, 1536'   The birth date of Queen Anne Boleyn remains controversial. While sources from the late 16th and early 17th centuries have stated that she was born in 1507, modern scholarship has favoured an earlier date instead. The art historian Hugh Paget, in particular, had proposed 1501 as a more plausible year based on Anne's time at the Hapsburg court of Margaret of Austria in the ..read more

    'A gem of a book, painting an absorbing and sparkling portrait of Anne Boleyn, with lavish illustrations and documentations. A must-read for Tudor enthusiasts.' Margaret George, author of The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers   ‘Richly illustrated and full of fascinating detail, this is a Tudor book to treasure. Fabulous!’ Leanda de Lisle, author of Tudor: The Family Story   'The story of Anne Boleyn's life and death comes vividly to life in this illustrated biography. Enlivened with illustrations of people, places and objects intimately ..read more

      From 'The Story of the First Queen Elizabeth' (Ladybird Books, 1958). Illustration by John Kenney.     ..read more

Learn interesting Tudor history facts at the 2021 Advent Calendar created by the Anne Boleyn Files:  Click on the calendar below:         ..read more

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Portrait Miniature by Hans Holbein   Mary Tudor, Catherine Howard, Margaret Douglas, or Anne of Cleves? Learn about this miniature at: https://www.tudorsociety.com/hans-holbeins-portrait-of-queen-catherine-howard-by-roland-hui/     ..read more

  ? Joan of Arc with the Lord to guide her, she was a sister who really cooked! ?    (Theme song from the tv show Maude)       Later imaginings of Joan of Arc (by Leonard Gaultier, 1612).             ..read more

  It was a pleasure discussing the portraiture of Henry VIII's 6 wives with 'Talking Tudors' wonderful host Natalie Grueninger at: https://talkingtudors.podbean.com/     ..read more